Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Collaboration on Wiki Spaces



It is obvious that collaborative writing environments cultivate an open door for learners to co-develop information and get to be occupied with shared discourse with their peers through platform such as wiki spaces. It is especially essential to provide learners with collaborative learning situations outside the classroom.

In this lesson members demonstrated the eagerness to gain from each other through scaffolding and feedback in the wiki spaces provided. This extended collaborative association and platform which permitted members to identify gaps in their written work, and make relevant recommendations in providing an enjoyable learning experience.

Wikis in the Classroom, Why?
(i)           It is a great motivator for your learners
(ii)          It is easy for you the teacher to monitor classroom participation.
(iii)         It provides for creativity and innovation
(iv)         No students is left behind, all are encouraged to participation
(v)          It promotes interpersonal communication between learners, their teachers, and parents
(vi)         It is a new way of looking at things differently, interesting way to learn too

Wikis in the Classroom, How?
(i)           Group projects
(ii)          To manage classroom documents
(iii)         Discussion and debate in the classroom
(iv)         Teacher collaboration
(v)          Post class work in wiki spaces

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Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Breaking the Walls for Designing Learning Spaces



Providing a conducive learning environment allows the learners to enjoy and feel contented, safe and committed in classroom instructions, something that all students deserve. In such an environment, they will be more open to classroom participation. There is clearly no doubt that Physical spaces like the one shown below are central to creating a new paradigm for learning. 


However, the following questions need to be answered about the concept of learning space:
1.    Are the learning spaces comfortable to enable the learners feel at home?
Do they have Lights with different colors to create a fresh perspective?
2.    Does the seating pattern and configuration use different types of furniture to reduce boredom?
3.    Are these learning spaces created able to bring back fun into learning? Etc

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